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68 Mustang #11 New gauges/finish dash

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 I ordered a complete pre-wired set of gauges and received a do-it-yourself set. When I called the manufacturer, they said the box was mis-marked, and they would send the correct one and return this one. 7 days later I received the pre-wired and complete gauge set along with the senders. The advertisement and instructions said it was a direct fit and all I had to do was wire the 12-pin plug/pigtail into the painless wiring kit. Wiring the pigtail went good after all the wires were ID, as there were several spares or not used wires. Then when I tried to put the panel in place it would not set flush to the dash. The dash and steering column support metal interfered with the wiring and the back of the speedometer and tach. The wiring was moved and rearranged to clear, but the speedo & tach hold down brackets were too deep to clear the support. I cut the long machine bolts on the back of the speedo\tach but still had to bend the support to get it to set flush. The dash is now compl...

69 Mustang #10

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 I did not like the stance of the car, so I adjusted the front coil overs and lowered the front 3". Lowered stance not shown - I'll get a better picture. I put the car on skates and moved it to the car hoist, had to use a cable come-a-long as I did not have enough oomph in me to push it. With the car moved to the hoist the exhaust system was next on the agenda. Below are the parts that I had to work with, Muffler's (2), exhaust cut out system the is left over from another earlier project and 6 adapters that were purchased from Amazon. The mufflers that came with the car have 3" inlet & outlet, why the previous owner bought them is a mystery, so they required 3' to 2' adapters. The header flange required 2 1/2' to 2' adapters. The different components were mocked up under the car, spot welded then welded up on the pipe vice. with on side complete the same procedure was followed for the other side. The exhaust is lower than I would like it but the he...